Monday, December 10, 2007
Platini - # 10 - Le Roi !!!
Michel Platini - The best playmaker in the history of the game .
wearing jersey #10 , he was the conductor of the French national team.
His legendary free-kick and superb passing skills shocked every defence in the soccer field.
As a teenager, he began his career in Nancy in the early 1970s and quickly made his way up in the French professional football world.
Platini played for Nancy, Saint Etienne and Juventus .
In French national team , In 1984 , Platini captained France to success in the European Championship .
In the dramatic semi-final in Marseille against Portugal, Platini scored the final goal of the match for a memorable 3-2 win in the last minute of extra time.
In the final against Spain, he opened the scoreboard on his only free-kick goal of the tournament,
Michel Platini retired from the game, on his 32nd birthday in 1987 after 680 official career appearances and 368 goals of which 72 matches and 41 goals were with France.
In our days , Platini is a chairman of the FIFA Technical and Development Committee, while also being vice-president of the French Football Federation.
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